THE WINNING SIRES

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 137, 11 June 1936, Page 13

THE WINNING SIRES

HUNTING SONG IN LEAD

At the., end of the : autumn racing Paper Money was just leading Hunting Song on the winning sires' list for the present season, but the success of Hunting Song in different parts of the Dominion during the last few weeks has given him pride of place again with a fairly substantial advantage ovev Paper Money, whose stock are not. partial to winter conditions. Apart from the Dunedin and Wellington- Meetings, the stake-money • to be distributed during the remainder of the season is not very considerable, and, as the progeny of Hunting Song are notoriously at home in the heavy going, it seems almost a certainty that the son of Hurry On will head the list of winning sires for the fourth season in succession. Considering that Paper Money is now 20 years old, his feat m running Hunting Song so close for supremacy is a very creditable one. T.he position of the leading sires with amount's to their credit up to the end of last week, including, the Great Northern, Otaki, and Ashburton Meetings, is as follows: —Hunting Song, £12,681; Paper Money, £11,586; Chief Ruler, £8253; Lord Quex, £5946; Valkyrian, £5866; Iliad, £5679; Acre, £5639; Gay Shield, £5239; Musketoon, £4705; Limond, £4595; Silverado, £4458; Shambles,- £4351; Song Bird, £4076; Psychology, £4047; and Gainscourt, £4027. Considering that the oldest Of his progeny are only three-year-olds, the 'performance of Iliad in figuring- sixth on the list is very good. The recentlydefunct Acre heads the colonial-bred sires, arid of sires bred in New Zealand the honours to date go to the southerner, Song Bird. Other New Zealand-bred sires that have done well are Nigger Minstrel, £2858; Winning Hit, £2831; Raceful, £2692; and King Lu, £2660.